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I'd like users to click on a link with modifies the current page and
opens a new external url in a new window. I've got the link_to_remote
working fine and the current page is updated. But how to I open a url
in a new window?

On Mar 12, 8:41 pm, DPF <removed_email_address@domain.invalid> wrote:
> I'd like users to click on a link with modifies the current page and> opens a new external url in a new window. I've got the link_to_remote> working fine and the current page is updated. But how to I open a url> in a new window?
in a nutshell this is what rjs / rendering javascript is for.
Fred